Clutch-spring remover



Apr. 117, 1923. 1,453,852 N. VERDOORN CLUTCH SPRING REMOVER Filed Nov. ll 1920 I l I f i 7 I 7 INVENTOR /Y4L VERDOO/EN ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 17, 1923. 1,451,852

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

NEAL VERDOORN, F SHELDON. IOWA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 JOSEPH ZYLS'IRA, 0F SHELDON, IOWA.

CLUTCH-SPRING- REMOVER.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,446.

To aZZwlwm-z't may concern: 5, which encircles the shaft, 3, within the Be it known that I, NEAL VnRnooRN, a housing.

citizen of the United States, and a resident The tool which I have invented includes of Sheldon, in the county of OBrien and a yoke having a web, 6, arms, 7, having State of Iowa, have invented certain new their free end portions extended inwardly, 655 and useful Improvements in Clutch-Spring as at 8, to engage the annular groove, 2, Removers, of which the following is a speciafter the shifting means have been removed. fication. The web, 6, is provided with an opening,

My invention, has for its object the pro- 9, through which is threaded a bolt, 10, havduction of an improved tool particularly ing swivelly mounted thereon ahollow head, @0 adapted for separating and assembling the 11, adapted to enter the end of the clutchmembers of the clutch mechanism of the spring housing when the bolt, 10, is rotated type employed on Chevrolet cars. in the appropriate direction. The bore of urthermore, the invention contemplates the head, 11, is adapted to freely receive the an improved clutch-mechanism tool, simple end of the shaft, 3, and notches, 12, in the t5 and inexpensive in construction and end of the head admit the pin, 4, permitting thoroughly eflicient in operation. the extreme end of the head to engage and With these and other objects in view, the force the spring, 5, inwardly to permit ininvention, consisting in the construction, sertion or removal of the pin through the 0 combination, and novel arrangement of parts usual transverse hole in the housing (not 7 will be clearly understood from the followshown). The bolt is provided with a suiting description, reference being had to the able hand-grip, 13. accompanying drawing, which forms a part Havlng thus described my invention, of this application and which is a plan of a what I claim as new and desire to secure by device constructed in accordance with the Letters Patent of the United States is: l invention and as applied to the clutch meml. A tool for elutch mechanism, having a bers with which it is used, parts being cut shouldered housing, a shaft therein, a comaway and shown in section. pression-spring encircling the shaft, and a While I have illustrated and hereinafter pin extending transversely through the described a preferred embodiment of the in-' shaft, and against which the spring seats, vention, ll would not be understood as being comprising a yoke having arms engageable limited to this specific construction, for with the shouldered housing and a web havvarious alterations and modifications may ing an opening, a bolt threaded into the be made in the details of construction and opening, and a hollow swivel-head on the arrangement f parts herein disclosed withbolt adapted to enter the housing, receive 35 out departing from the spirit and scope of the shaft and engage the spring. the invention as defined in the appended 2. A tool for clutch mechanism having a claims. shouldered housing, a shaft therein, a com- Referring, now, to the illustrations, 1 pression-spring encircling the shaft, and a 4 represents a cylindrical housing, one end of pin extending transversely through the which is in practice, fixed to a removable shaft, and against which the spring seats,

, clutch-member (not shown), and the other comprising an internally threaded crossend thereof is enlarged and provided with member, a bolt threaded therein, a hollow an annular groove, 2, in which is engaged swivel-head on the bolt to enter the housing the usual clutch-shifting member. The and receive the shaft, the head having rehousing encloses a shaft, 3, one end of which cesses to receive the pin and permit the head is fixed to the fiy-wheel (not shown), and to engage the spring, and arms on the crossthe other end of which carries a cross-pin, member engageable with the housing. 4:, which extends through the pin and serves 3. In a device of the class described, the

5 as aseat for one end of a-compression spring, combination of a substantially U-shaped for booking on portions of a clutch hub,'a rotatable, adjustable member on said frame, and a slotted swivel mounted u n the inner end of said rotatable, ad'ustah In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of October, 1920.

NEAL VERDOORN.

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